Malabo vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Malabo	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$741	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2145	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$149	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$471	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$40.3	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$317	$3655
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	93
😀 Quality of life	33	98
🏙️ Population	297K	2.14M

The cost of living in Malabo is 64% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 6716th and 1654th ($741 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Equatorial Guinea and Australia, respectively. Check Equatorial Guinea vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Malabo compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Malabo ranked 1st best city to live in Equatorial Guinea vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 7709th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Malabo vs Perth

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	Malabo	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$5.61	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.81%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$856	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$650	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.2	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.17	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.49	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.2	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.87	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.91	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.76	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.52	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.49	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.9	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.36	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.2	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.9	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$135	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.1	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5445	$11252

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Cities near Malabo

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Limbe	$655
69 km or 43 mi	Buea	$601
108 km or 67 mi	Douala	$1265
123 km or 77 mi	Kumba	$764
142 km or 88 mi	Calabar	$384
218 km or 135 mi	Aba	$621
226 km or 140 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
238 km or 148 mi	Bata	$1121
244 km or 152 mi	Umuahia	$883
264 km or 164 mi	Bafoussam	$555
273 km or 169 mi	Owerri	$1611
287 km or 179 mi	Bamenda	$553
305 km or 189 mi	Yaounde	$747
331 km or 206 mi	Enugu	$462
331 km or 206 mi	Awka	$805
347 km or 216 mi	Onitsha	$972
381 km or 237 mi	Libreville	$668
388 km or 241 mi	Warri	$881
443 km or 275 mi	Sao Tome	$900
450 km or 279 mi	Trindade	$900
451 km or 281 mi	Benin	$558
497 km or 309 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
520 km or 323 mi	Owo	$651
555 km or 345 mi	Akure	$634
583 km or 362 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
606 km or 377 mi	Abuja	$1502
622 km or 387 mi	Ife	$779
645 km or 401 mi	Osogbo	$695
664 km or 413 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
666 km or 414 mi	Lagos	$1113
673 km or 418 mi	Ibadan	$776
687 km or 427 mi	Jos	$820
696 km or 433 mi	Minna	$743
702 km or 436 mi	Oyo	$677
705 km or 438 mi	Ilorin	$535
709 km or 441 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
739 km or 459 mi	Bauchi	$759
746 km or 464 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
762 km or 473 mi	Cotonou	$709
767 km or 477 mi	Kaduna	$371

Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1669
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645